International
One year on from the launch of the Communion Forest, Lambeth Conference discussions will explore the Lambeth Call on the Environment and Sustainable Development
National
Lambeth Palace is pleased to announce the awarding of the Cross of St Augustine to The Rev’d Dr John Deane, the CEO of the Anglican Board of Mission and Anglicans in Development by the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev’d and Rt Hon Justin Welby
“I am writing this to ask anglican focus readers to pray for the people in Sudan who are in deep need, for South Sudanese people who are stuck at the border desperately trying to get home, for people in South Sudan who are also impacted, and for Sudanese and South Sudanese community members in Australia, including Anglicans in our Diocese, whose family members have been killed or are missing,” says Bishop Daniel Abot
“Each of us is called by God to serve. Whatever that looks like in our own lives, each of us can choose God’s way today. We can say to the King of Kings, God Himself, as does the King here today, ‘give grace that in thy service I may find perfect freedom’,” said Archbishop Justin Welby in his coronation sermon
Assistant priest The Rev’d Mel Conway from St Anne’s, Highfields and St Francis College formation student Allana Wales from St Andrew’s, Indooroopilly recently received a scholarship so they could participate in an annual pilgrimage for seminarians and clergy in the early years of their ordained ministry. In this special joint reflection they share their pilgrimage highlights and insights
“During this Lenten season, what if we focus less on trying to perfect our abstinence, and more on living out an inclusive and holistic faith? Even as we repent of our excesses and indulgences, let us lean towards doing justice rather than going without,” says the Justice Unit’s Peter Branjerdporn, while offering some exciting new Lenten resources written by The Rev’d Deb Bird
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Pope Francis and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, The Right Rev’d Dr Iain Greenshields, met with President Salva Kiir Mayardit in Juba during their recent three-day trip to South Sudan
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